Sorry for keep it off topic just a bit longer .....
Just went through the crew list at my current employer and come up with 15 Brasilian Captains working in Portuguese airline. Most of them are ex Varig, some ex BRA. None of them have Portuguese passports. All of them started working in Portugal with validations of their Brasilian licenses. Some of them have done the JAA license in the mean time.
What allowed them to gain employment in Portugal? Experiencia em "meia sete"
Doubt that there will be any Brasilian airline with 15 foreigns in their pilot workforce!!!
TOFFAIR
I remember of one Captain that left sometime around the end of 2007 and the begining of 2008. To the best of my knowledge, he went for TAM.